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| FTF250: Building trust and driving change in workshops with Hitomi Whitlock | 16 Aug 2024 | 00:29:34 | |
In this episode, we're joined by Hitomi Whitlock, Organizational Change Manager at the University of Washington's Housing and Food Services, and an experienced real estate investor. 🔍 What You’ll Learn:
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| FTF249 Michael Bungay Stanier's Co-Facilitation Tips & Brisbane Event Preview! | 01 Aug 2024 | 00:15:48 | |
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| FTF240: Get Lucked! How to Cultivate Serendipity in Your Work with Dr. Christian Busch | 23 Nov 2023 | 00:29:05 | |
Watch our conversation on YouTube! He’s been featured on many TEDx Talks. I recently watched one of the TEDx Talks he was in, and it was so fantastic; I’ve decided to invite him here. Join me as we learn from what Christian has to share today. In this conversation, you’ll hear Dr. Christian discuss:
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Connect with Leanne Hughes on all the platforms: For suggestions, collaborations and queries, email me hello@leannehughes.com. Support this podcast by subscribing and leaving a review, it would mean a lot! If you're nodding along to today's First Time Facilitator episode, you're going to love my written companion: Work Fame — a weekly Spublication designed to help you stand out in your work, build your reputation, and get the opportunities others don’t. 📝 Subscribe for free at work.fa.me See you in your inbox. | |||
| Bringing swagger into your workshops with Leslie Ehm (Episode 160) | 14 Feb 2021 | 00:41:47 | |
Things that are easier said than done: “Just be yourself!” Why is this so hard? Here are a couple of reasons:
My guest this week, Leslie Ehm helps people discover their uniqueness and release it into the world. As a Former TV host and advertising Creative Director turned training guru, Leslie Ehm has spent decades travelling the globe with her award-winning company Combustion, working with executives and teams from top organizations like Google, Disney, Pepsico, TD Bank, Uber, HBO, Lenovo, and more. Fuelled by her unrelenting passion for developing human potential, Leslie is now a Swagger Coach, author of Swagger – Unleash Everything You Are and Become Everything You Want, and a keynote speaker. She’s turned technologists into creative forces, bankers into storytellers, and has brought a serious dose of badass-ness to boardrooms everywhere. Tune in to Episode 160 of the First Time Facilitator podcast to hear how you can up your confidence and swagger! P.s. Oh and that other easier-said-than-done-phrase, “Fake it ‘til you make it?” Leslie thinks that’s baloney! In this episode, you will learn how to:
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| How to win friends and influence your online colleagues with Leanne Hughes (Episode 159) | 08 Feb 2021 | 00:27:38 | |
Do you rely on your colleagues to provides input and decisions to move a project forward? Do you find that you're constantly chasing people to get things done, and finding it hard to build relationships because you can't catch up with people in person? Then, this episode is for you. When we used to do things face to face, and I had to chase a colleague for information, I'd head out for a coffee. It was semi-strategic. I’d sit at the coffee shop outside of my company’s office. It was a fantastic way of saying hi to people when they were in a good mood (with caffeine, outside, day hadn’t really started), you could easily sneak in a quick question about your project, get an answer, and feel like you’d already won the day. In a virtual world though, it’s hard to orchestrate these conversations… Or, is it? In this episode, I share the tactics I’ve used to build relationships and influence people I’ve never met before. You’ll find this helpful if you’re:
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| Facilitating digital change? Prioritise the people, not the tech with Mike Knapp (Episode 158) | 31 Jan 2021 | 00:35:44 | |
Digital transformation is so hot right now! And isn’t it amazing that my guest today suggests that our superpower of facilitation can help create this transformation in organisations?! Mike Knapp believes there is a better way for business owners and leaders to build their businesses and achieve their big goals. In this conversation, he shares how he transitioned from the IT guy, to someone who led digital transformational projects, leveraging facilitation to make the change effective. “Mural Mike” also creates incredible templates using Mural, and he structures these in a way to create stories and contrast in his sessions. He also shares the importance of energy and how his practice in meditation allows him to create a welcoming space for his groups. This is a great conversation to listen into if you work in complex organisations implementing change, or you want to step into the world of change management.
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| Driving word of mouth marketing through your workshops with Suzi Dafnis (Episode 157) | 25 Jan 2021 | 00:45:04 | |
Move over virtual workshops, let’s talk about virtual marathons - more specifically, online events that can span over a couple of days. It’s a different game, with longer interaction, so how do you maintain your energy, and keep your participants wanting more, too? This week’s guest is the perfect person to answer this question because she’s been running online events since 2007! I'm joined by Suzi Dafnis, the CEO of HerBusiness, a collaborative online community of women who are growing and scaling a business. For over 25 years HerBusiness has provided mentoring and training to help women grow a sustainable business. Her big passion is helping women business owners to create the impact, the income and the results that they want through their business and to do what they love, every day. She has grown multiple multimillion-dollar businesses, and that hasn’t been by accident. What struck me from chatting to Suzi is how strategic and intentional she is with all of the things: Having a background in Events, she cleverly uses her workshops to drive incredibly powerful word of mouth marketing opportunities for her business. Facilitators, solopreneurs...okay, ANYONE organising workshops and virtual experiences, you’ll love this one! About today’s guest: Suzi DafnisSuzi Dafnis is the CEO of HerBusiness, a collaborative online community of women who are growing and scaling a business. Her BIG passion is helping women business owners to create the impact, the income and the results that they want through their business and to do what they love, every day. For over 25 years HerBusiness has provided mentoring and training to help women grow a sustainable business. Suzi started her first business in the spare room of her home, in her late 20s, with no savings and no business degree, and built that into an $18million business with 45 staff and offices in Australia, New Zealand and the USA.
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| Let’s have a conversation that matters with Jan Keck (Episode 156) | 18 Jan 2021 | 00:39:50 | |
In case you can’t tell, I love conversations. If my life could involve having morning coffees with interesting people, then chatting with other cool people over an afternoon champagne by the water, rinse and repeat every day x 5 days, my life would be complete. What’s interesting is that I’m really not the best (or interested?) in small talk. I don’t love going to the dog park, because the chitter chatter generally seems to go around in circles, talking about our dogs. That’s cool for a few minutes but we talk about things like what they eat and how they sleep… I think I’d enjoy a conversation with today’s guest in a dog park though, because his tagline is all about having conversations that matter. His name is Jan Keck and he is a self-proclaimed community addict. He is the creator of ASK DEEP QUESTIONS, which started out as a deck of cards to help his friends connect on a camping trip and is now being used to facilitate meaningful conversations through sharing personal stories on every continent around the globe. You can check out what he does over at http://www.askdeepquestions.com and http://www.jankeck.com In this conversation, we chat about relationships and which ones we invest in, if it’s possible to create a sense of belonging in an organisation. We dive into chats about redesigning virtual calls, scaling connections online, and btw Jan also has a kick-butt youtube channel, so he shares his tips for camera confidence, as well as advice for first time facilitators. About today’s guest: Jan KeckJan Keck is a community addict. He is the creator of ASK DEEP QUESTIONS, which started out as a deck of cards to help his friends connect on a camping trip and is now being used to facilitate meaningful conversations through sharing personal stories on every continent around the globe. Jan’s mission is to help people feel less alone, so by creating experiences, workshops and programs he is fueling the movement for deeper human connection. Growing up as an only child he found his soul family at summer camp, in sports clubs and even politics. But when he moved from Germany to Canada in his twenties he had to re-create his community from scratch and learned that the fastest way to make deep connections is through meaningful conversations and experiences. Jan now lives in Toronto with his wife Natalia (aka Cookie), his son Mika and you can often find him hanging out with his mastermind group, attending community events, or camping up north If you're nodding along to today's First Time Facilitator episode, you're going to love my written companion: Work Fame — a weekly Spublication designed to help you stand out in your work, build your reputation, and get the opportunities others don’t. 📝 Subscribe for free at work.fa.me See you in your inbox. | |||
| Exceptional self coaching to help you start small and finish strong in 2021 with Daniel Kerr (Episode 155) | 11 Jan 2021 | 00:46:45 | |
This episode comes with a warning: If you’re not interested in being inspired, then don’t tune in! This week, we have a special guest on the show, who I met during my 20 week consulting gig last year. I was lucky enough to be placed in a team with him, and I say that because when you talk to him it feels like you’re sitting in the front row of a TED talk - meaning, you instantly feel inspired during conversations with him. Daniel Kerr from Exceptional Self Coaching is a a physiotherapist turned high performance coach and he’ll share that transition story with you on this show. Early in this interview, you’ll hear a watershed moment for Dan that steered him towards the work that he does know. And I’d love you to reflect on that word, too. If you do want to reflect on where you’re at, your mindset, your habits, and committing to growth this year, you’ll love this show. About our Guest: Daniel KerrDaniel Kerr is High Performance Certified Coach trained by Brendon Burchard , Certified Mental Performance Mastery Coach, Certified Wellness Coach and a Physiotherapist. In this episode you will learn:
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| Facilitate your own change journey using a sprinkling of constructive delusion with Leanne Hughes (Episode 154) | 03 Jan 2021 | 00:36:16 | |
What’s the role of a facilitator? I think we’re there to stimulate CHANGE. So what better time to talk about making changes than at the start of a new year? As world leading body language Mark Bowden (also previous guest of 2 x First Time Facilitator episodes) says, “As facilitators, we are the leading signal in the room. People look to us to decide how they should act, think, and feel.” I think then, that if we want our participants to change, we need to be great at making positive changes in our own lives, too. In this episode, I’m looking in the mirror and sharing tools and ideas on how we can create change for ourselves. I’ve latched onto a phrase called: Constructive Delusion. I think we can use this as a force for good, to propel our ambitions, think big, and inspire our participants to do the same. I reflect on my 2020kms running challenge (which I completed on 30 Dec, yass) as fuel for this episode, and also share plans on my 2021 writing challenge. I love harnessing the power of groups for my own habit change!
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| #Bestof: Storytelling works! (Because no one's ever asked to see a Powerpoint presentation twice) with Matthew Dicks (Episode 153) | 28 Dec 2020 | 00:35:44 | |
Guess what? You can become that amazing storytelling you secretly want to be! In this First Time Facilitator re-run of Episode 8, internationally bestselling author Matthew Dicks shares why storytelling so important, and how telling stories is not simply sharing a series of events; it’s the manipulation of emotions. It’s a skill that can be taught and he shares some of the techniques he uses to engage his audience, whether they're 10 year old kids, or politicians. So many cool things happened after this podcast was released on 8 April, 2020: I met Kate Norris and Thomas Krafft from Presentation Boss (we basically caught up and just spoke about how great Matthew was!) They started their own podcast, Presentation Boss, and then a live storytelling event in Brisbane called Life Out Loud (based on Matthew’s event in the US called Speak Up Storytelling). Earlier this year, I shared a story during the virtual Life Out Loud event and guess who was the surprise guest story-sharer… you guessed it, Matthew Dicks! Stop binging shows on Netflix and start binging Matthew Dicks’ stories on YouTube. They’re brilliant, and always stir an emotional response - ranging between laughter, or goose-bumps. In this episode you’ll learn:
Matthew Dicks is the internationally bestselling author of the novels Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend, Something Missing, Unexpectedly, Milo, The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs, and the upcoming Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling. His novels have been translated into more than 25 languages worldwide. His new novel, “The Other Mother” is set for release in January 2021. You can join the live book launch by signing up here. When not hunched over a computer screen, Matthew fills his days as an elementary school teacher, a storyteller, a speaking coach, a blogger, a wedding DJ, a minister, a life coach, and a Lord of Sealand. Matthew is a 35-time Moth StorySLAM champion and 5-time GrandSLAM champion. He has also told stories for This American Life, TED, The Colin McEnroe Show, The Story Collider, The Liar Show, Literary Death Match, The Mouth, and many others.Heis also the co-founder and creative director of Speak Up, a Hartford-based storytelling organization that produces shows throughout New England. If you're nodding along to today's First Time Facilitator episode, you're going to love my written companion: Work Fame — a weekly Spublication designed to help you stand out in your work, build your reputation, and get the opportunities others don’t. 📝 Subscribe for free at work.fa.me See you in your inbox. | |||
| A #neverdonebefore serendipitous group interview (Episode 152) | 21 Dec 2020 | 00:42:13 | |
I thought I’d bring you a festive episode this week! Host of the Workshops Work podcast, Dr Myriam Hadnes put a call out to previous guests on her show and invited us to facilitate a #neverdonebefore virtual workshop experience for the #neverdonebefore 24 hour, global festival. The idea I landed on for my workshop was this: What would it be like, to run a serendipitous group podcast interview, where I had no idea who would show up? I’ve never done a group interview before, and never not prepped before an interview! This episode is only edited lightly, I wanted you to hear what it was like on the call: My participants (who were now podcast guests) had different audio levels, different internet speeds, different voices and ideas. What I loved when I re-listened to this, was hearing how much more comfortable we are in the conversation, as it continues along. My guests today are: Anna from Sweden, Stefan from Luxembourg, Shayne from Sydney (living in Amsterdam), Anna Maria from Germany (who dialled in from Romania), Grace from Hong Kong, Kaushiek from India and Lily from France! We riff on all things related to delivering a successful workshop, how to manage your energy (which leads to a deep conversation on what you put into your body), challenging workshop experiences and dream mentors. It was awesome having such a diverse guest list on today’s episode. If you're nodding along to today's First Time Facilitator episode, you're going to love my written companion: Work Fame — a weekly Spublication designed to help you stand out in your work, build your reputation, and get the opportunities others don’t. 📝 Subscribe for free at work.fa.me See you in your inbox. | |||
| Leanne's favourite facilitator things: A holiday wishlist! (Episode 151) | 14 Dec 2020 | 00:32:38 | |
I’m taking inspiration from Oprah’s Favourite Things to bring you the Ultimate Facilitator Holiday Wish list! You may want to share this episode with a loved one, if they want some last minute stocking-filler ideas, or x-factor gift ideas to ramp up your facilitation game. Many of the suggestions here focus on the virtual facilitation world and span across tech tools, tech upgrades, workshop design tools, and more! I’d like to thank members of our free Facebook group, The Flipchart, for sharing their facilitation wish list items, too!
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| FTF239: Tactics for powering yourself up to host a workshop (when you’ve had three hours sleep) | 20 Nov 2023 | 00:13:51 | |
How do you personally POWER YOURSELF UP to host a workshop when you're sleep deprived? That's the topic Leanne riffs off in this solo episode, where she shares ideas on: If you're nodding along to today's First Time Facilitator episode, you're going to love my written companion: Work Fame — a weekly Spublication designed to help you stand out in your work, build your reputation, and get the opportunities others don’t. 📝 Subscribe for free at work.fa.me See you in your inbox. | |||
| 50 episodes / 50 weeks: Facilitation and business lessons with Leanne Hughes (Episode 150) | 07 Dec 2020 | 00:36:19 | |
Wow, Episode 150. How did we get here? In this solo episode, I wanted to reflect on the last 50 weeks (and 50 episodes) and what I’ve learnt both from podcast episodes, from business and also from, well, LIFE in 2020. Hasn’t this year been a great teacher for us all?! I weave between random topics, all linked through some lessons learnt on the show, and how that’s played out in my life and the way that I show up to workshop experiences and clients. What’s been your biggest facilitation lesson in 2020?
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| Anyone can use Lego Serious Play in their workshops (and here’s how you do it) with Michael Fearne (Episode 149) | 28 Nov 2020 | 00:49:06 | |
This week, we're talking about the value of tactile objects in your workshop and how they can help unlock great ideas, real conversations and so much more (oh and yes, this can work virtually, too). I’m talking about Lego® Serious Play®. Today's guest, Michael Fearne is all about sharing the Lego® Serious Play® love with the world, and he’s even written a book about it - a book that makes it more accessible for all of us to start digging into the world of LSP. Michael helps clients to break out of the “business as usual” dynamic and be more innovative using the awesome power of Lego® Serious Play®. That’s right Lego + Work = A More Innovative Business. As the founder of Pivotal Play, Michael uses his experience as a professional facilitator and expertise with LEGO Serious Play to help teams to think more creatively, communicate more effectively and deliver more innovative results. He also empowers people to use this technique themselves by coaching and guiding them, giving them the tools and the benefit of his experience so they can get the most out of their meetings. In this conversation, Michael shares how all of us can use lego effectively during our workshops and awesome ideas on how to do so. He describes how using something tactical can really help boost the use of metaphor, and story-sharing, and the value of having a solid routine to start each workshop. His book, The LSP Method is also out right now! I love the practicality of the book, and how Michael even shares how you should setup the room, how to open up using the six bricks activity, so good. Curious? Listen in! If you're nodding along to today's First Time Facilitator episode, you're going to love my written companion: Work Fame — a weekly Spublication designed to help you stand out in your work, build your reputation, and get the opportunities others don’t. 📝 Subscribe for free at work.fa.me See you in your inbox. | |||
| Using the House of Communication to create contrast in your workshops with Michael Grinder (Episode 148) | 22 Nov 2020 | 00:51:00 | |
Can you use space to create contrast, even in a virtual call? Today’s guest proves that you can! We have an absolute world-leader in the field of nonverbal communication joining us on the show, Michael Grinder. Michael Grinder has over 40 years of experience training thousands of groups. Known as the pioneer of nonverbal communication, Michael helps executives and educators assess people more accurately, connect with others more deeply, and build their charisma. During this conversation, I picked up so many incredibly nuanced things you can do to boost the clarity of my communication in both virtual and face-to-face workshop environments. The beauty of this conversation is how Michael talks about the large and the small, the micro and the macro, the philosophy around what you do, and then the micro: what type of chair you need, in order to do that. We also delve into using space, and how to segment space within our environments: Yes! You can actually use space and non-verbals effectively, even over a Zoom call! There are so many incredible techniques shared in this one. I’d love to thank my co-hosts: Maree Burgess, Leanne Elliot and Mark Howarth for joining in and asking questions, contributing, keeping the conversation flowing beautifully.
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| Lecture-breakers and smart tips for virtual summits with Barbi Honeycutt Ph.D (Episode 147) | 15 Nov 2020 | 00:44:28 | |
My experience with 80% of the university lectures I attended? BORING. This week, I’m talking to someone who has a similar mission as me, but her audience is the higher ed sector! Dr Barbi Honeycutt is my guest and she works with professors, instructors, faculty development professionals, instructional designers, graduate students, postdocs, and entrepreneurs who want to design engaging learning experiences. It's challenging to come up with new, creative ways to engage your students. Every day, when you arrive (or log in) to your classroom, you are responsible for creating a space for students to learn from you and from each other. Barbi provides the structure, strategies, and support you need to engage students and improve learning. When you are successful, your students will be successful. And, that's why she focus’ her energy on supporting you! In this conversation, Barbi shares her experience with teaching others how to create engaging lectures and learning experiences, how she created a virtual summit which drew hundreds of people - we dive into great detail on this one, as well as how she built her facilitation business and gained exposure through one blog article! Click here for show notes. Join our free Facebook group: The Flipchart! If you're nodding along to today's First Time Facilitator episode, you're going to love my written companion: Work Fame — a weekly Spublication designed to help you stand out in your work, build your reputation, and get the opportunities others don’t. 📝 Subscribe for free at work.fa.me See you in your inbox. | |||
| Workshop Design in the Moment (and from your back pocket) with Meg Bolger (Episode 146) | 08 Nov 2020 | 00:40:16 | |
I spend TOO many time designing workshops, making sure every activity, every piece of content is fit for purpose! Wouldn't it be great if planning a workshop was as easy as shuffling some cards around? Today's guest thought so, too! Meg Bolger is a facilitator working to create a more beautiful and just world. She's the co-developer of Facilitator Cards, a deck of 60 processing tools for facilitators. Meg is also the co-author of Unlocking the Magic of Facilitation and the co-creator of The Safe Zone Project, a free online resource for creating powerful, effective LGBTQ+ awareness and training workshops. In this conversation, we talk about how Meg found her feet in facilitation, how she became clever at structuring her facilitation activities and process, and how she can pretty much, create a workshop from thin air, using a cool tactical tool - her deck of Facilitator Cards. We also explore the role of facilitator and how we can often wear many hats.
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| Activate your attention: How to prime your natural listening and observation skills for meaningful and rich conversations with Marisa Agrasut (Episode 145) | 31 Oct 2020 | 00:40:38 | |
In today’s episode, I draw an activity extract out from a recent Virtually Possible 2.0 call, where i was joined by Marisa Agrasut and Joeri Schilders. In this conversation, Marisa shares a virtual session she developed called: Activate your attention; how to prime your natural listening and observation skills for meaningful and rich conversations. I’m sharing this as an episode on the show for two reasons:
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| Discovering your facilitation home base with Jordan Mendoza (Episode 144) | 25 Oct 2020 | 00:36:59 | |
Having a home base as a facilitator. A metaphorical place in your workshop room, where you can reset. What's not to love about that idea? This week on the show I’m chatting to Jordan Mendoza. The best advice Jordan was given when he was a First Time Facilitator, was about discovering that home base: A place where you can reset/centre yourself during a workshop. Jordan is a sales & training professional with over 25 years experience in sales & marketing and 14 years experience in the Multi-Family Housing industry. He’s also the Host of the Blaze Your Own Trail podcast, he’s never lost a freestyle rap battle in his life, and he’s a breakdancer. Over the last year, he’s amassed a following fo over 60,000 people on LinkedIn. In this episode, he shares a tough experience that helped him develop his facilitation skills very quickly, how he’s helped his team make sales virtually and of course, how he built up his following on social media. If you're nodding along to today's First Time Facilitator episode, you're going to love my written companion: Work Fame — a weekly Spublication designed to help you stand out in your work, build your reputation, and get the opportunities others don’t. 📝 Subscribe for free at work.fa.me See you in your inbox. | |||
| How to deliver hybrid workshops (sessions with both in-person and virtual participants) with Leanne Hughes (Episode 143) | 18 Oct 2020 | 00:39:53 | |
In this Flipchart live-stream event, Leanne Hughes answers the following three questions:
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| Curing decision making disorders through the craft of consulting with Deb Zahn (Episode 142) | 10 Oct 2020 | 00:42:05 | |
Are you exploring or tossing up the opportunity of going out on your own - of being your own boss? As I’m 18 months into my own journey, I always love the opportunity to discuss what it takes to do that, to build and maintain your sanity! Today’s guest is an absolute rock-star when it comes to this, too - so if you’re into building your own facilitation business, or becoming a consultant, you will love this episode. ABOUT TODAY’S GUEST: DEB ZAHN Deb Zahn is a sought-after consultant with 10 years of successful consulting under her belt. As a go-to source in her market, she routinely brings in 6- and 7-figures a year and has built a steady, reliable pipeline of work. Her consulting methods turn her clients into her biggest fans and best marketers. They come back to her again and again and continually send her new clients. As a consultant, Deb is especially known for her ability to cure “decision-making disorders” with individuals and groups. She is the host of the https://www.craftofconsulting.com/podcasts?fbclid=IwAR1WqFcVkxhpUrDHbEP2aU1zrcWXjn3IZpYSNKQZFG-IOVM6cibrdtAcWWM If you're nodding along to today's First Time Facilitator episode, you're going to love my written companion: Work Fame — a weekly Spublication designed to help you stand out in your work, build your reputation, and get the opportunities others don’t. 📝 Subscribe for free at work.fa.me See you in your inbox. | |||
| Getting you further, faster in career (and in life) with Warren James (Episode 141) | 04 Oct 2020 | 00:41:01 | |
Okay, we all know it's important to get a good night's sleep, switch off, clarify your vision, and deal with stress. But like most things in life - these things are much easier said than done. The best part of my conversation today with my good friend, Warren James is the pragmatic approach is takes to all of this important life and work stuff (including development our careers and preparing for the dreaded annual performance review!). Warren is a Brisbane-based coach and mentor providing online mentoring, coaching and training to some of Australia’s most talented graduates and employees early in their careers. He also released his first book this week called: Further Faster: The ultimate guide to accelerating your career. Warren has developed his career from the ground-up and has worked with some of the most respected businesses in the industry including BG Group, Shell, QGC, Alinta and Arrow Energy. As an engineer and later, a project manager, he has faced and overcame challenges that many projects managers face. He has managed projects in excess of $50M, overcome competing deadlines and overcome adversity time and time again. Having lived and breathed this industry for more than 10 years, he understands what today’s graduates need to not only survive but thrive. Today, as the founder of Rapid Mentoring, he partners with businesses across Australia who are genuinely interested in the development of their staff. In this episode you will learn:
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| FTF238 How to start a workshop: Which comes first - content or an activity? with Leanne Hughes | 14 Nov 2023 | 00:17:19 | |
Welcome back to another episode with your host, Leanne Hughes. I received a listener question from my friend, Juraj Holub and thought I'd share my thoughts on the show.
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| Ready, Fire, Aim: Co-facilitator reflections from Virtually Possible with Joeri Schilders (Episode 140) | 27 Sep 2020 | 00:25:40 | |
It’s always fun to deliver a project but as we all know as facilitators, many of the lessons learned are discovered in the reflection! Joeri Schilders and I met a few months ago and in space of a few weeks, created a concept for a project, launched it, welcomed members in, created the program and delivered it. In this episode, Joeri and I debrief the first, online collaboration project we delivered together called Virtually Possible. We debrief:
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| Activating your strengths to facilitate results in workshops (and in business) with Charlotte Blair (Episode 139) | 21 Sep 2020 | 00:44:40 | |
Today, I’m chatting to someone who also shares my love for the Clifton Strengths tool. It’s all well and good to find a tool you love, that echoes back what you think + feel about yourself but more importantly? It’s what you do with it that matters! Today’s guest, Charlotte Blair from The Strengths Partners shares how we can apply and activate our strengths across various contexts: In the way we facilitate, the way we show up to strengthen our network, how we build our business, and how we apply what we learn. Charlotte has a passion for helping others maximise their potential. She’s a a highly experienced Gallup-Strengths Certified Coach, consultant and facilitator with over 20 years proven success managing relationships and developing business in highly complex sales environments. At the end of our conversation, she also shares her favourite workshop activities that you could pretty much design a workshop from, they cover all the key elements! What I admire about Charlotte is the way she demonstrates her love for connecting, serving and helping others.
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| There's no such thing as a difficult group, only an inflexible facilitator with Marcus Crow (Episode 138) | 13 Sep 2020 | 00:47:30 | |
We’ve been delivering in-person workshops for years. We’re comfortable. Give us a marker pen, some butcher’s paper and some decent catering: We’re good to go! When Covid hit earlier this year, many of us had to shift gears and deliver workshops online. We had to adjust to new technology, new ways of experiencing workshops, a range of energy levels. We all started feeling like First Time Facilitators! That’s the conversation I have with today’s guest, Marcus Crow. Marcus has an insane amount of in-person workshop experience. He’s also the co-founder of 10,000 HOURS. They design and deliver content for Training, Conferences and Offsites, and they have been honing their craft for more than 20 years. Prior to starting 10,000 Hours, he co-founded, built and sold Phuel / Oxygen Learning to John Singleton's STW (now WPP). In this episode, you’ll learn:
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| What a group fitness class taught me about virtual facilitation with Leanne Hughes (Episode 137) | 07 Sep 2020 | 00:22:51 | |
Ever since I spoke to Jacinta Cubis on the show, I've started noticing more facilitation lessons around me, every day. In this week's episode, I share the story of my return to a group fitness class at the gym, and what I learnt about virtual facilitation as a result.
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| How to use body language to increase participation in your virtual workshops with Mark Bowden (Episode 136) | 30 Aug 2020 | 00:55:22 | |
Mark Bowden is back! It sounds weird to say this: But this guy makes you feel at home when you chat to him. Yes, I know we’re all at home already — he’s curious, he uses your name when he talks to you, he asks questions, he nods, he does all the things to make you feel safe and ready to contribute. I spoke to Mark in Episode 102 of the First Time Facilitator podcast, and it’s the #1 most downloaded episode of all time! So, I brought Mark back on the show, to share how we can use our body language to create engagement and connections quickly, in the virtual world. The answer is more reassuring than you think. From my perspective - he’s been there, done that but my favourite thing about Mark is how funny, down to earth and comfortable he is to be around. With our Virtually Possible community opening last week, I also decided to hand over the microphone to the group, and let them ask Mark some questions. A big thanks to those from VP who joined live and felt comfortable coming off mute to ask Mark a question, you kept the fabulous group interview going, I salute you! About our Guest: Mark BowdenVoted the #1 Body Language Professional in the world for two years running, Mark Bowden is passionate about giving your audience the most influential and persuasive communication techniques to stand out, win trust, and gain credibility every time they speak. Inspiring, energetic, engaging, and entirely entertaining, Mark’s memorable talks and training programs not only educate but have proven life-changing in helping people and organizations grow across all industries and sectors. Join The Flipchart community on Facebook If you're nodding along to today's First Time Facilitator episode, you're going to love my written companion: Work Fame — a weekly Spublication designed to help you stand out in your work, build your reputation, and get the opportunities others don’t. 📝 Subscribe for free at work.fa.me See you in your inbox. | |||
| Using virtual events to supercharge your business growth with Ken Burgin (Episode 135) | 23 Aug 2020 | 00:42:52 | |
Have you been running webinars but finding it difficult to get people through the door? This week’s guest is great at tuning in to topics that people actually want, and he’s figured out a pretty neat system to do this! Ken Burgin works with foodservice operators to assist them to be more popular & successful. He is a former cafe and restaurant owner in Sydney, and started the online management platform Profitable Hospitality. He now works for hospitality finance company SilverChef, focused on educational content and events for business owners. In this conversation, we flip between talking about the virtual facilitation side of things, and providing value to our people; then we hear how Ken really grew his business and sold out his workshops on weekends; how he connects with people, how he adds value. Ken has many years of experience providing training and content to help transform the hospitality industry. He likes finding out the 'why' of business success, and the 'why not' of business problems, keeping track of the latest technology & presentation techniques, and updating his photography skills. Continue the conversation on our free Facebook group, The Flipchart If you're nodding along to today's First Time Facilitator episode, you're going to love my written companion: Work Fame — a weekly Spublication designed to help you stand out in your work, build your reputation, and get the opportunities others don’t. 📝 Subscribe for free at work.fa.me See you in your inbox. | |||
| Virtual centering and well-being techniques for online meetings with Wade Brill (Episode 134) | 19 Aug 2020 | 00:40:40 | |
Are you zipping around from one virtual meeting to the next? Clicking Exit on a call, then clicking a new link to jump on the next without getting space in between? I am! How can we facilitate an experience, where our participants arrive into our virtual workshops with renewed energy and focus? That's the conversation I have with today's guest, Wade Brill. Wade is a Mindfulness Coach, Podcaster and Speaker who helps busy professionals experiencing stress and overwhelm be more present, productive and energized. Wade devotes her life’s work to helping others connect to their own inspiration. In this conversation, we discuss virtual centering and wellbeing techniques, and how to build our facilitation skills, as we move virtually to help support team wellbeing. Wade also shared her ideas on how we can use team video calls to work on team connection, listening and attention skills.
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| Serving 132,000 students worldwide from a spare bedroom in remote Australia with Sarah Cordiner (Episode 133) | 10 Aug 2020 | 00:40:56 | |
Anytime you’re live - whether that’s presenting a webinar, or a face-to-face workshop, you’re essentially exchanging your time for money. Today’s guest, Sarah Cordiner has helped over 132,000 students from all over the world. You don’t do that by running workshops, you do it by scaling what you offer through digital programs and courses. Where do you start if you want to scale? That’s the conversation I have with Sarah today. Sarah Cordiner is a Qualified Course Creation Specialist, trusted by over 20,000 Course Creators & Educators in 146 countries. She helps you turn your expertise into profitable digital products and programs. In this episode, you’ll learn how to start, how to build an audience and how one idea from a video, can be used to market in so many different ways. More than that, it’s an inspiring episode looking at failure and how all that matters with failure, is deciding what to do next. If you’ve ever held yourself back, or have reasons to not do things, I think you’ll also be inspired by what Sarah shares in this conversation. Join The Flipchart community on Facebook If you're nodding along to today's First Time Facilitator episode, you're going to love my written companion: Work Fame — a weekly Spublication designed to help you stand out in your work, build your reputation, and get the opportunities others don’t. 📝 Subscribe for free at work.fa.me See you in your inbox. | |||
| Getting your foot in the door as a moderator with Kjell Lutz (Episode 132) | 03 Aug 2020 | 00:35:48 | |
Panel discussions! You see some great ones, you see some ordinary ones. A few years ago I was really into the ABC TV show, Q&A with Tony Jones. Some people didn’t enjoy his style. I loved it. He was direct, funny, great at segueing the conversation and getting panellists to add, argue, contradict each other, which created fantastic drama. It’s really funny, over 131 episodes down and today we explore a topic we’ve never discussed before: The skill of moderating. That’s what we talk about with today’s guest, Kjell Lutz In this one, you’ll hear how Kjell got his start with moderating panels and MCing, how he creates a dynamic conversation between panelists and audiences; how he gets large audiences interacting with content as well. About our Guest: Kjell LutzKjell is fascinated by how people learn. During his studies in organizational psychology, he immersed himself in the theory of knowledge transfer, how can you help people learn. He first applied this with small groups during training, then online with e-learnings and then with large groups during meetings.He further immersed himself in the psychology of making choices, how do we make choices and especially how can we make better choices. Kjell as a chairman is full of energy and enthusiasm. With an appropriate dose of humour and the right interaction, he connects the participants to the theme of the day and the current topics. He loves to lead different work forms that contribute to the learning process of the participants. Let people experience something meaningful in a playful way. As a speaker, he ensures that the dialogue session is properly initiated with an appropriate keynote. As a moderator, he facilitates the rounds of conversations to create the space that is needed.
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| 5 ways to ramp up the energy in your virtual workshops (by being a bit lazy) with Leanne Hughes and Joeri Schilders (Bonus!) | 29 Jul 2020 | 00:59:51 | |
In this episode, Leanne and Joeri share 5 super simple (some might say, lazy?) ways to keep up the energy in your virtual sessions. This is the audio replay of a really fun webinar we ran on 23 July 2020. Enjoy the webinar? Then, you’re going to love our new program called Virtually Possible If you're nodding along to today's First Time Facilitator episode, you're going to love my written companion: Work Fame — a weekly Spublication designed to help you stand out in your work, build your reputation, and get the opportunities others don’t. 📝 Subscribe for free at work.fa.me See you in your inbox. | |||
| FTF237: Deciphering culture and facilitation life as a charismatic introvert with Shane Michael Hatton | 30 Oct 2023 | 00:31:12 | |
What does it mean to truly have the character of a leader? Is culture really something we can influence in an organisation? Watch our conversation on YouTube! Shane Hatton is an author, trainer, coach, and speaker who is passionate about developing remarkable leaders and cultures. He works with organizations to close the leadership gap between mid and senior level leaders. Aside from being the author of the books “Let’s Talk Culture – The Conversations You Need to Create the Team You Want” and “Lead The Room – Communicate a Message That Counts in Moments That Matter”, Shane is also a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach, a member of the Forbes Global Coaches Council, and is the Founder of the People Leaders Network. I met Shane on the Clubhouse app, where we had various conversations around various topics, but it was when I attended his book launch earlier this year in Sydney that we finally got to meet in real life. In this conversation, you’ll hear Shane discuss:
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| The conflict of creating interesting conversations (then having to stop them, so we can move to the next one) with Misha Glouberman (Episode 131) | 27 Jul 2020 | 00:43:31 | |
How did I find today’s guest? Through this article: How to Host a Cocktail Party on Zoom (and have better classes, conferences and meetings, too) written by Misha Glouberman, that Michael Bungay Stanier shared on LinkedIn. As I read the article, my jaw dropped. The level of consideration around facilitating this birthday party was next level! From this one article, you could tell how much he values the finer details of hosting an event. Misha Glouberman teaches communication skills, runs meetings and conferences for organizations, hosts live events, and speaks at conferences. His work has been described as “humanizing relationships—one event at a time." In this episode, you’ll learn how we can get better at our conversations by zooming out, how to be collaborative when solving problems AND he also shares an incident he had as a panellist, when someone in the audience, called him out! Listen in for that story and more imporantly, what Misha learnt from it.
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| Taking you back-stage: How to find a collaboration buddy and facilitate a solution with Leanne Hughes (Episode 130) | 20 Jul 2020 | 00:46:05 | |
I’m taking you backstage to share how Joeri Schilders and I are collaborating to bring you the Virtually Possible program. With everyone in lockdown, this may be a good time to reach out to someone and put your heads together, to solve a problem. We haven’t really done things the traditional way: We don’t use emails to communicate at all! In this episode, I share details on how you can find someone to collaborate with, what systems/tools you can use to communicate, and how we co-facilitated work/sprint sessions last week to create the program’s outline and structure. Collaboration is also a great teacher. I’ve learnt a lot about myself through this process! I’d love this episode to inspire you to consider: Is there someone in this world who you could collaborate with on a problem?
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| Facilitating culture change, one conversation at a time with Prina Shah (Episode 129) | 13 Jul 2020 | 00:37:01 | |
So many times as facilitators we’re asked to come in to solve a specific problem: It could be communication, leadership challenges, absenteeism, decision fatigue or indecision, even. We’re given a lot of challenges and you know what? A lot of the time, it comes back to the culture of a team, the culture of an organisation and what standards and values have been set. When you start talking about culture, it can get pretty complex, right? So, where do you start? That’s the focus of my conversation today with my guest, Prina Shah.
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| Stop being so afraid: Nobody wants a humble consultant (and other truth bombs) from the rockstar of consulting, Alan Weiss (Episode 128) | 06 Jul 2020 | 00:51:02 | |
If you’re going to learn something, you might as well learn from the best, right? I’m still reeling from my interview with today’s guest, Alan Weiss.This is another episode for you if you run your own business or looking to be a solopreneur. I reached out to Alan after Michael Bungay Stanier’s contribution to Episode 120, where he said, “If you read Alan Weiss’ book Million Dollar Consulting, you’ll never go hungry again”. Alan Weiss is the rockstar of consulting. Marshall Goldsmith once called him “The finest entrepreneurial coach in the world.” He is one of those rare people who can say he is a consultant, speaker, and author and mean it. His consulting firm, Summit Consulting Group, Inc., has attracted clients such as Merck, Hewlett-Packard, GE, Mercedes-Benz, oyota, and over 500 other leading organizations. He once held the record for selling out the highest priced workshop (on entrepreneurialism) in the then-21-year history of New York City’s Learning Annex. His Ph.D. is in psychology. He is an inductee into the Professional Speaking Hall of Fame® and the concurrent recipient of the National Speakers Association Council of Peers Award of Excellence, representing the top 1% of professional speakers in the world. His prolific publishing includes over 500 articles and 60 books, including his best-seller, Million Dollar Consulting (from McGraw-Hill) now in its 25th year and fifth edition. The New York Post called him “one of the most highly regarded independent consultants in America.“ Yep folks, he’s impressive and as he mentions in this interview, he’s not humble about that fact, either! In today’s conversation we cover many topics, including:
Honestly? This is a masterclass in how to market your facilitation and consulting business. This was an experiential joint interview with the Show.Up community. Get on the waitlist when doors open again later this year!
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| How to structure a 60 minute virtual workshop that delights your participants with Leanne Hughes (Episode 127) | 29 Jun 2020 | 00:30:30 | |
This episode was inspired by a question that came through on The Flipchart community last week from Yishan Chan, host of the Talent Stack podcast. She asked, “Hi Leanne, is there a short podcast episode I can share with my workplace on why we need to think differently about how Zoom "show and tell" sessions are run?” Today I share my approach, mindset, key considerations and structure, on how to deliver a 60 min virtual training session, or workshops - that boosts interaction and engagement.
I also hope this episode inspires you to share with me your approach to 30-60minute workshop delivery. What great things do you bring in, to create interaction? Also, you’ve heard it here first! Joeri from The Magic Sauce and I are collaborating on a program called Virtually Possible.
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| Facilitation for Innovation: Mixing together madness, measure and magic sauce with Joeri Schilders (Episode 126) | 22 Jun 2020 | 00:54:06 | |
If I was playing a game of corporate buzzword meeting bingo, the one word I’d like on my bingo card would be: Innovation! (“Unprecedented” would be my second choice). Many leaders, teams and companies talk about innovation. It’s often a company value. Yet, we still see traditional work practices, and not a lot of real innovation happening. So, what is innovation? What does it even mean? My guest this week, Joeri Schilders believes innovation isn’t a simple 7-step framework. He says it’s more like a street fight (and he’s been in a few) After having lived in the US, UK and China for almost half his life, Joeri set up The Magic Sauce in Singapore in 2013 - a boutique agency that works with global clients around their innovation challenges, culture and capability. Over the past decade and a bit, he has worked on numerous challenges spanning from new product development across Asian emerging markets, digitising traditional manufacturing in Europe, to building systemic innovation cultures around the globe. Joeri bring tons of energy, a pragmatic approach and fresh inspiration, which you’ll also find on his YouTube channel, Joeri the Magic Sauce. In this conversation, discuss many topics, including:
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| Holding the mirror up: 3 powerful questions to help you sustain success with Dr Fergus Connolly (Episode 125) | 15 Jun 2020 | 00:40:47 | |
I invited this week’s guest on the show because I love, love, love sport; I love playing it, I love watching it. I’m in complete awe of high performing athletes and teams, who show up, work hard, have a strong mental game, pull off impossible feats and my guest, helps them do that! Dr. Fergus Connolly is one of the world’s foremost human potential thought leaders and influencers. Author of the bestselling book "Game Changer - The Art of Sports Science" Fergus has applied performance science with leading sports, military, and business teams. He is the only coach to have full time roles in every major sport, including soccer (Liverpool, Bolton Wanderers), professional and college football (San Francisco 49s and University of Michigan), rugby (Welsh national team) and elite military units. We talk about how he works with high performing teams, how he builds trust and rapport quickly, what he’s thinking/feeling when he starts working with amazing athletes, the common challenges amongst sporting and business teams. We also talk about purpose and he shares 3 questions that can help you be content and passionate in what you do everyday and also how he prepares for upcoming speaking engagements. I loved listening to Fergus share all of his experiences and how we can hold the mirror up and answer questions, to help us gain clarity and move forward. If you're nodding along to today's First Time Facilitator episode, you're going to love my written companion: Work Fame — a weekly Spublication designed to help you stand out in your work, build your reputation, and get the opportunities others don’t. 📝 Subscribe for free at work.fa.me See you in your inbox. | |||
| How walkshops can help you read the room better with Jacinta Cubis (Episode 124) | 08 Jun 2020 | 00:42:10 | |
We’ve never really taken a deep dive on the concept of “noticing”. Noticing your perspectives, other people’s perspectives, seeing things in a new light, or a different way. I think this is always relevant, particular as facilitators - noticing, sensing what’s happening in a workshop room (or a Zoom room!). My guest this week, Jacinta Cubis, is one of Melbourne’s most energetic and creative facilitators. She went to uni to become a journalist, exited a filmmaker and developed photographs in a Parisian basement. She’s absolutely thrilled to be hosting Virtual #Facilitography Walkshops. You heard it right, WALK SHOPS. What a cool concept. Curious? Listen to find out more! Jacinta is passionate about bringing out the best in people as a facilitator, coach and mentor. As an author and speaker, she inspires and energises people with insights and ideas. She loves helping thought leaders and experts translate technical information into engaging content, and nail want they want to say, for diverse audiences. For almost 20 years, she has facilitated collaborations, partnerships, workshops and forums on diverse topics for government, education and community sectors. I think you’ll really love how she’s connected street photography and facilitation together, to create something amazingly unique. If you're nodding along to today's First Time Facilitator episode, you're going to love my written companion: Work Fame — a weekly Spublication designed to help you stand out in your work, build your reputation, and get the opportunities others don’t. 📝 Subscribe for free at work.fa.me See you in your inbox. | |||
| You lost me at hello: Re-engaging your audiences and nurturing your relationships with David Nour (Episode 123) | 01 Jun 2020 | 00:46:14 | |
What do you learn when you sit on 128 webinars in a week? My guest this week, David Nour shares his experiences and more in this episode! I invited senior leadership/board advisor, researcher, executive educator and best-selling author, David Nour on the show to talk about a phrase/book he’s releasing called Curve Benders. These are the strategic relationships we have in our lives - that can help our growth (personal, or business) dramatically. But how do you find these people in your life? How can you nurture these relationships? David answer these questions and also shares a very cool story on how he created a speakers video reel, without ever speaking on stage! David Nour is internationally recognized as the leading expert on applications of strategic relationships in profitable growth, sustained innovation, and lasting change. The author of ten books, including best-sellers Relationship Economics® (Wiley), and Co-Create (St. Martin’s Press), as well as the forthcoming Curve Benders, Nour serves as a trusted advisor to global clients and coaches corporate leaders. He is an adjunct professor at the Goizueta Business School at Emory University and Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management, was named to the Global Gurus Top 30 Leadership Professionals list and is honored to be one of Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Global Coaches. A Forbes Leadership contributor on the Future of Work, and an Inc. contributor on Relationship Economics, Nour’s unique insights have been featured in a variety of prominent publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Fast Company, Huffington Post Business, Entrepreneur, and Knowledge@Wharton. He’s also the host of the popular Curve Benders podcast. Join The Flipchart Facebook group If you're nodding along to today's First Time Facilitator episode, you're going to love my written companion: Work Fame — a weekly Spublication designed to help you stand out in your work, build your reputation, and get the opportunities others don’t. 📝 Subscribe for free at work.fa.me See you in your inbox. | |||
| An introvert's perspective on facilitation with Tony Brazelton (Episode 122) | 25 May 2020 | 00:41:23 | |
Tony Brazelton is a biochemist, a manager of projects, a manager of people, a process improvement consultant, a change management consultant, and now a corporate trainer and management and leadership consultant. He loves to design and deliver learning experiences to help people be excellent—to each other. In our conversation this week, he shares an introvert’s perspective on facilitation (as well as some smart workarounds for small talk!). We also discuss his pre-workshop preparation and how important it is to get centred. During this time, Tony has also been helping his colleagues feel comfortable with online meetings, and in this conversation he shares how he’s assisting them with jumping over those online engagement barriers. If you're nodding along to today's First Time Facilitator episode, you're going to love my written companion: Work Fame — a weekly Spublication designed to help you stand out in your work, build your reputation, and get the opportunities others don’t. 📝 Subscribe for free at work.fa.me See you in your inbox. | |||
| FTF236: How I organise my facilitator materials to speed up workshop design with Leanne Hughes | 23 Oct 2023 | 00:19:47 | |
Welcome to another episode of the First Time Facilitator podcast, where your host, Leanne Hughes, goes solo, diving deep into the Keep section of the SPARK framework, a crucial element of her book, "The Two Hour Workshop Blueprint," now available on Audible. Key Takeaways:
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| How reframing a question saved a team building event (and the day!) with Yoke van Dam (Episode 121) | 18 May 2020 | 00:50:36 | |
Specialising in neuro linguistic programming, Yoke van Dam trains and coaches business leaders, executives, sales teams and individual staff members the tangible skills that can deliver the outcomes they want. She also presents keynotes in corporate and other settings to bring about positive change. In this episode, you'll learn:
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| 22 facilitators and trainers answer: What I wish I'd known before starting my business (Episode 120) | 11 May 2020 | 00:43:39 | |
For this special episode, I sent out a request to a number of my facilitation, training and Learning and Development business owner friends and a bunch of them graciously agreed to help out. I asked them, “What’s the one thing you wish you knew when you started your facilitation business?” Reminder: It’s your last chance to become a founding member of Show.Up: A community for consultants, facilitators and trainers who want to score amazing opportunities (but don’t know how to market themselves with ease...yet!). Visit https://www.leannehughes.com/invitation for more details! Click here to access show notes and contact details for every guest contributor. A big THANK YOU to everyone who contributed this show (in order of appearance) Dr Annette Coy, Cameron Fee, Jane Anderson, Tom Scantlebury, Nadja Petranovskaja, Chris Huet, Murray Guest, Kirsty Lewis, Mel Kettle, Michael Bungay Stanier, Jason Knight, Ingrid Thompson, Sarah McVanel, Bill Jarrard, Petra Zink, Jenny Blake, Nikki McMurray, Angela Henderson, Michael J Conseulos, Christine Burych and Myriam Hadnes. If you're nodding along to today's First Time Facilitator episode, you're going to love my written companion: Work Fame — a weekly Spublication designed to help you stand out in your work, build your reputation, and get the opportunities others don’t. 📝 Subscribe for free at work.fa.me See you in your inbox. | |||
| 7/7: What I wish I knew when I started my facilitation business with Leanne Hughes | 11 May 2020 | 00:09:11 | |
For the next 7 days, in the lead-up to an epic podcast collaboration episode, I’m releasing a tip every day on the podcast, sharing with you things I wish I knew before I started my facilitation business. This is also your invitation to join as a founding member of my private community, Show.Up (doors open for a week). Show.Up is a community for consultants, facilitators and trainers who want to score amazing opportunities (but don’t know how to market themselves with ease...yet!) If you're nodding along to today's First Time Facilitator episode, you're going to love my written companion: Work Fame — a weekly Spublication designed to help you stand out in your work, build your reputation, and get the opportunities others don’t. 📝 Subscribe for free at work.fa.me See you in your inbox. | |||